Welcome to The Cutter Edge. In each free issue, you'll find research, insight, and advice crucial to helping you navigate the spectrum of challenges technology change brings.
Considering Group Dynamics in Agile Adoption
by Bhuvan Unhelkar, Senior Consultant, Cutter Consortium
Understanding individuals and how they interact with each other is one of the key priorities of Agile. In fact, the very first statement of the flagship Agile Manifesto highlights this priority. When individuals interact positively with each other, they promote the group’s common goal. This is collaboration. Honest collaboration invariably challenges the inherently territorial nature of humans. We love to hold on to our spaces and boundaries (both geographical and mental). Collaboration permeates those boundaries and makes them porous. The need to break down the territorial mindset in humans is perhaps the hardest thing to comprehend and accept in an Agile culture change. More ...
Startup Barriers for Connected IoT Applications and Services
In a recent survey on the Internet of Things, Curt Hall examined the issues concerning organizations as they pursue IoT initiatives.
"Security is paramount when it comes to IoT initiatives; the more objects a company connects, the more it opens itself up to possible attack," according to Curt Hall. He asserts that "Frequent reports of attacks on a range of businesses and industrial facilities by security agencies like the NSA, and Chinese, Russian, and criminal hackers — with the intention of conducting commercial and industrial espionage — are forcing many organizations to think long and hard about the possibility of actually ensuring the security of IoT offerings and applications. This is evident in the answers to a follow-on question we asked organizations regarding whether or not they thought that today’s security technologies and practices could be successfully adapted to support IoT-connected solutions. ... the majority of those surveyed believe that the IoT requires some new form of security model and practices if it is to achieve widespread adoption by mainstream organizations." More ...
* Excerpted from "The Internet of Things, Part II: Benefits, Drivers, and Impediments," (
) Data Analytics & Digital Technologies Executive Update Vol. 15 No. 9
Spotlight on Esther Derby
Esther Derby is an expert in team and organizational dynamics and a leading thinker on managers' roles in Agile organizations. Explore her thoughts on the balance between team freedom and responsibility in It All Comes Down to Doing.
The Legal Implications of the Psychological Contract in Outsourcing
Editor's Pick, Kara Letourneau
Have you ever entered into a contract and discovered your notion of the spirit of the contract was completely different than that of the other party involved? Share your stories with us in the comments section of Sara Cullen's new article, "The Legal Implications of the Psychological Contract in Outsourcing." Then, register for Sara's upcoming webinar.
Upcoming Webinars
- The Unseen Contract: Your Greatest Outsourcing Friend or Foe webinar with Sara Cullen, November 18.
- Darkitecture -- Why It's Important with Balaji Prasad, December 2.
- Avoiding Technology Backlash with Robert N. Charette, December 9.
- Giving Teams an Accellerated Start (or Restart) with Diana Larsen, February 24.
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